Attachment for collars



J. FARUOLO. ATTACHMENT FOR COLLABSa APPLICATION men oct. 10.1920.

1,431,387. mama 001:. N, 192 20 ATTORNEY Patented Get. 10, 1922.

j STATES PATNT OFFICE- JAMES FARUOLO, OFHBROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF 'ro Mortars IGOLDBAUMLOF NEW Yoainn. Y.

ATTACHMENT roa COLLARS.

Application filed October 18,1920. Serial No. 417,723.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES FARUoLo, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in an Attachment for Collars, of whichthe following is a specification. r l l This invention relates to improvements in means for attaching collars to the neckbands of shirts, and one of the objects of them vention is to provide anew and improved device ofthe above character, which'is permanently mounted upon-the neckband of a shirt, and which is of such construction that it will not be destroyed or injured during the laundering process.

Another object of the invention is to pro- Vide an improved clip preferably mounted upon the rear of the neckband, so construct ed that it may be more easily passed through the buttonhole of the collar than can the ordinary collar button, and which does not project rearwardly asdoes the usual form of collar button.

Other objects and aims of the'invention more or less specific than those referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed, out in the course of the following description of the elements, combinations, arrangements of parts and applications of principles, constituting the invention; and the scope of protection contemplated will be indicated in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein I have shown a preferred form of embodiment of my invention:

Figure 1 is an elevational view, showing my improved device.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 22 of Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the neckband of a shirt showing my improved device mounted thereon.

Referring now to the drawings, wherein similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views thereof, the reference numeral 1 denotes the foundation or base plate of the device; 2 indicates an offset portion which extends laterally from an intermediate portion of one of the sides of the base plate, and at an oblique angle with respect to said base plate; and 3 indicates a straight portion which lies substan tially parallel with the base plate. The parts 2 and 3 constitute the neck or shank portion of the attachment. 4 indicatesthe head which extends outwardly and in an 'ob lique angle from the portion 3 of the shank, said head having laterally extending portions 5 and .6, which form shoulders adapted to engage the edges of the buttonhole to prevent the collar from becoming detached.

The outer edge of the head l is preferably curved, as at 7, which permits the head bemg more easilyslipped through the button hole of the collar. 1

Thebase plate 1 is preferably sewed with in the layers of thematerial constituting the neckband of the shirt; the portion 20f the the shank extending through an aperture 8 formed in the outermost layer, the construction being such that the attachment is per manently secured to the 'neckband.

The material of. which the attachment is composed is preferably one thatwill not rust when subjected to moisture; such as perspiration, or-the moistures to which the shirt is'subjected during the laundering process; or the material maybe suitably coated with a non-rusting-or corrosive covering or plating, which would render it immune from the effects of moisture. terial is also resilient or springy, so that the device will not be distorted or destroyed when the neckband of the shirt is passed between the ironing methods to which it is subjected during the laundering process. This invention is intended to be sufficiently elastic to fully recover its original shape after being pressed by a hand iron or passed between the rolls of a wringer or ironing machine.

The device when attached to the neckband extends slightly downwardly and outwardly, as shown, so that the buttonhole of the collar may be readily passed about the head, whereby when the front portion of the collar is attached, as is usual, there is no danger of the collar becoming detached from the buttonhole.

By reason of the curved top 7 of the head 4, either of the extended sides or ends 5 or 6, being relatively thin as compared with the common collar-button, may be readily passed through the button-hole in the band of a collar, even though the collar be new and stiff or the parts stuck together with starch, as very frequently occurs as the result of ordinary unskllful laundry methods. As described, this invention comprises The ma a base plate, a throat and a head, and it will be noted that the base plate has been cut inwardly for a distance at the sides of the throat. The portion of the edge of the plate thus freed at the sides being bent at an angle with the plane of the plate. The throat extends parallel with the plane, and the head, which is wider than the throat, and has the end portions 5 and 6 extending beyond the sides of the throat, is bent at an angle wit-h the throat and lies usually in a plane parallel with the said bent portion of the incised edge of the base plate. The

reason for this special construction and ar rangement is that the parts are found in practice to be in particularly favorable attitudes for the function desired and herein explained.

lVith the construction so described the offset portion 2 is joined to the base along a line which lies parallel to and within the marginal edges of the base on either side of the portion 2. The member 2 which is sharply offset also extends only to a point opposite the marginal edges of the base, the line of union of portions 2 and 3 lying parallel to these marginal. edges but in spaced relation. By this arrangement, the collar may be held securely in place with its buttonhole laid close to the buttonhole in the neck band, the incisions in the base providing an anchoring means by which the device may be securelv mounted in the buttonhole in the band. Such an arrangement also permits of economical manufacturing since less metal is required in the base than if it were provided with extending tabs on either side of the shank, and the base though provided with a suitable and effective anchoring means is wholly concealed beneath the outer layer of the band.

As many changes could be made in this construction without departing from the scope of the following claim, it is intended that all matter contained in the above de scription or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

An attachment for the collar band of a shirt to releasably secure collars thereto, comprising a base 7 late, a throat and a head, one edge of the said plate being cut into on two sides of the said throat, and the portion of the edge of the plate thus freed at the sides being bent at an angle with the plane of the plate, the said throat extend ing from the said bent portion and arranged in a plane parallel with the said base plate, and the said head being constructed wider than the said throat and bent at an angle with the said throat and the said base plate and extending in a plane substantially parallel with the plane of the said bent portion of the edge of the said base plate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES FARUOLO.

lVitnesses EMMA WVEINBERG, IRVING A. T-IAMER. 

